“To pay the fine would be admitting guilt. We haven't broken a law. Not one dollar!”Lucy Burns

“Iron Jawed Angels” is an amazing film about the women’s suffrage movement during the 1910’s leading up to the passage of the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution granting women the right to vote. The film follows activists Alice Paul and Lucy Burns as they courageously use peaceful and effective strategies, tactics and dialogues to revolutionize the American Feminist Movement in order to grant women the right to vote. The film stars Hilary Swank, Frances O’Connor and Angelica Houston and received acclaim at the Sundance Film Festival.